Nov. 9, 2018: multiDC hosted by ABB at the center of the world, when it comes to High Voltage Transmission: Ludvika, Sweden! Great discussions about near-zero inertia systems, HVDC control, and markets. Check out www.multi-dc.eu or these slides for more info. [ slides ]

Aug. 28, 2018: Demo video for the visualization of the Global Grid simulations! We developed the app within the framework of the Cigre WG C1.35, where we carry out a feasibility analysis of a Global Electricity network. Check the video here! More about the Global Grid here. [ demo video | Results Case Study #1 ]

Aug 6, 2018: Happy to be chairing the Best Paper Session on Power System Planning, Operation, and Electricity Markets today at the IEEE PES General Meeting 2018 and even happier to be presenting our Transactions Paper on Convex relaxations of Chance-Constrained AC Optimal Power Flow tomorrow! [paper, slides]

May 21, 2018: Accepted! Our paper: G. Misyris, S. Chatzivasileiadis, T. Weckesser Robust Frequency Control for Varying Inertia Power Systems has been accepted to ISGT Europe 2018 ! This is part of the work we are doing in the Multi-DC project. Interested in the paper? Make sure you meet Georgios Misyris at ISGT! [paper]

May 3-4, 2018: Exciting discussions last week at our third MultiDC meeting! Looking at how to solve the challenges of the North Sea Wind Power Hub. Coordinated control of HVDC converters, zero inertia systems, and market integration of HVDC.Stay tuned! [www.multi-dc.eu | Check this out:North Sea Wind Power Hub]

Jan. 30, 2018: Accepted! Our paper: A. Venzke, S. Chatzivasileiadis, Convex Relaxations of Security Constrained AC Optimal Power Flow under Uncertainty has been accepted to PSCC 2018. See you in June in Dublin!

Oct. 26-27, 2017: In Berlin for our Cigre C1.35 Working Group Meeting! We are working on a feasibility analysis of a global electricity network. Cigre formed this Working Group after the inspiration provided by our 2013 paper on Global Grid, and by the 2015 book of the State Grid of China CEO, Zhenya Liu, on Global Energy Interconnection. [our Global Grid paper]

Oct. 23-24, 2017: We are having our second MULTI-DC meeting! Our partners from Energinet, Svenska Kraftnät, KTH, ABB, and University of Liège, and our advisory board from ABB and RTE France are coming to DTU to discuss about the project progress and exciting research!

Sep. 25, 2017: Graduated from my 1&frac12-year pedagogics and didactics course on Education in University Teaching! Citation: "dedicated and competent teacher able to understand the important factors in teaching which support student learning in an effective way"

Sep. 4, 2017: Welcome! Georgios Misyris joined us as a PhD student! He will work on the MULTI-DC project. More info about the project here.

Jul 7, 2017: Our DTU Summer School was a success for one more year! Here is the CEE News piece with a picture and some info on the evaluations we got from the students. Looking forward to DTU CEE Summer School 2018! [ link ]

Jun. 21, 2017: Kostya Turitsyn, Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (and my former postdoc advisor), will be visiting DTU on Wed, June 21. Looking forward to his talk on "Design, Stability, and Control of Ad-hoc Microgrids". Time: 11.00am. Location: Building 308, Auditorium 13. More info.

Jun. 15-16, 2017: MULTI-DC Kick-Off Meeting! The first meeting for the MULTI-DC project took place at DTU in Lyngby. In total, 20 participants representing DTU, Energinet, KTH, Svenska kraftnät, the University of Liège, ABB, Mosek, and the Nordic Regional Security Coordination Center attended the two-day meeting. MULTI-DC, led by Jacob Østergaard and myself, will develop innovative methods for the optimal coordination and control of HVDC lines and grids. Stay tuned! More info.

Jun. 12-16, 2017: The DTU CEE summer school is coming up during the week Jun. 12-16, 2017! 55 students from around the world will have the opportunity to learn more about cutting-edge topics on power system optimization, uncertainty, and game theory for electricity markets. We are happy to welcome our distinguished invited lecturers Ben Hobbs, Kostas Margellos, Dan Molzahn, and Josh Taylor. Looking forward!

Mar. 27, 2017: Project funded! Co-PI of a 25.7 million DKK (3.7 million USD) research project on the optimal coordination of multi-area AC and HVDC grids!

Mar. 20, 2017: DTU Summer School 2017: Looking forward to welcoming you in Copenhagen this June! After last year's very successful event, this year we focus on "Modern Challenges in Power System Operation and Electricity Markets: An Optimization Perspective", with distinguished invited lecturers from the US, Canada, and Europe. Info and registration here: http://www.energy-markets-school.dk/

Jan. 22, 2017: Our paper on "Structural Emergency Control for Power Grids" has been accepted at the American Control Conference 2017!

Dec. 22-23, 2016: Participating in the 1st Hellenic International Power Group Workshop at my alma mater, the National Technical University of Athens. Will be giving a talk on "Semidefinite Programming for Power System Stability and Optimization". [ presentation ]

Sep. 29-30, 2016: Invited to participate in the US Dept. of Energy Workshop (ARPA-E) "Interconnected - Highly Utilized Grid" in Washington, DC, to identify "potential leapfrog advancements and metrics" for a successful new US research program. [ general description ]

Jul. 19, 2016: Florian presented his poster on the "Impact of DC Voltage Droop Control Structures on DC Oscillations in an MTDC Grid" in the student paper session at the IEEE PES General Meeting 2016 , in Boston, MA. [ poster ]

Jul. 8, 2016: Long presented our paper on "Towards Electronics-based Emergency Control in Power Grids with High Renewable Penetration" at an invited session of the American Control Conference 2016 , in Boston, MA. [ paper ]

Jun. 2, 2016: Invited to give a talk at the Energy Security Summit 2016 in Berlin, organized by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on "Global Power Grids for Harnessing World Renewable Energy". [ presentation | program ]

Mar. 2, 2016: Going to University of Liège, Belgium as an external examiner of Sébastien Mathieu's PhD thesis: "Flexibility services in the electrical system".

Feb. 25, 2016: Our paper on "Stochastic AC Optimal Power Flow with Approximate Chance-Constraints" has been accepted at the IEEE PES General Meeting 2016!

Feb. 13, 2016: Our paper on "Remedial Actions to Enhance Stability of Low-Inertia Systems" has been accepted at the IEEE PES General Meeting 2016!

Feb. 10, 2016: Our paper on "Hardware-in-the-Loop Co-simulation of Distribution Grid for Demand Response" has been accepted at the Power System Computation Conference 2016!

Feb. 2, 2016: Invited for a talk at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Jan. 28, 2016: Our paper on "Towards Electronics-based Emergency Control in Power Grids with High Renewable Penetration" has been accepted at the American Control Conference 2016!

Nov. 23-24, 2015: Invited for talks at the University of Liège, KU Leuven, and UC Louvain in Belgium .